Q88. Please provide legal citations, where applicable, for each of the following areas, specifying which were applicable for the November 2004 general election and which address any changes since 2004. If these areas are covered instead by executive action (including orders, directives, regulations, or policies), please provide by e-mail to [name of GAO staff appeared here] if available electronically.

  Writing comment Total
number
of states
a. Registration application deadline 50 51
b. Identification requirements for election day voting (including first time voters) 47 51
c. Provisions related to paid voter registration drives (including drives that involve payment per application) 21 51
d. Deadline for receipt of completed absentee ballot application (from both inside and outside the U.S.) 49 51
e. Deadline for returning absentee ballot (from both inside the U.S. and outside the U.S.) 50 51
f. Requirement for notaries or witnesses of voter signatures on absentee ballots 19 51
g. Provision for permanent absentee status 23 51
h. Condition or circumstances to qualify for absentee voting 45 51
i. Provisions for processing and qualifying absentee ballots 50 51
j. Early voting 30 51
k. Requirements for local jurisdictions regarding the number and/or distribution of polling places 43 51
l. Requirements for local jurisdictions regarding the number of voting machines for each precinct or polling place 38 51
m. Election worker requirements for training 47 51
n. Election worker requirements for testing or certification 29 51
o. Requirements for local jurisdictions to use specific voting method (e.g., paper, lever, punchcard, DRE, optical scan) 31 51
p. Requirements for local jurisdictions to use specific voting equipment (i.e., manufacturer/make/model) 35 51
q. Requirements for voting system qualification by NASED 37 51
r. Requirements for voting system certification by the state 44 51
s. Requirements for testing of voting system 50 51
t. Requirements for provisional voters to show identification 35 51
u. Requirements regarding where a provisional voter needed to cast their vote in order for it to be counted 46 51
v. Time period for certifying election results of federal and statewide elections 50 51
w. Requirements regarding determining voter intent when counting the vote 44 51
x. Requirements regarding how and whether to count machine unreadable ballots 43 51
y. Requirements regarding tracking ballots that were unused, spoiled, rejected, or issued but not returned 45 51
z. Requirements for local jurisdictions to conduct audits of vote counts 29 51
aa. Circumstances when mandatory recount required (with respect to elections for elective office) 30 51
bb. Person or entity allowed to request recounts 45 51
cc. Entity responsible for recount process 48 51